2021–22 Nîmes Olympique season

Nîmes Olympique
2021–22 season
President	Rani Assaf
Head coach	Nicolas Usaï
Stadium	Stade du Hainaut
Ligue 2	9th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moussa Koné (11); All: ; Yassine Benrahou; Moussa Koné; (12 each)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 35th season in the existence of Nîmes Olympique and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nîmes participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NOR	Per Kristian Bråtveit (on loan from Djurgården)
2	DF	FRA	Kelyan Guessoum
3	DF	FRA	Scotty Sadzoute (on loan from OH Leuven)
4	DF	FRA	Pablo Martinez
5	DF	JPN	Naomichi Ueda
6	MF	SEN	Sidy Sarr
7	MF	SWE	Niclas Eliasson
9	FW	ISL	Elías Már Ómarsson
10	MF	ALG	Zinedine Ferhat
12	MF	FRA	Lamine Fomba
14	MF	FRA	Antoine Valério
15	DF	FRA	Gaëtan Paquiez
16	GK	FRA	Lucas Dias


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	FRA	Théo Sainte-Luce
18	MF	PAR	Andrés Cubas
19	DF	FRA	Julien Ponceau (on loan from Lorient)
21	DF	FRA	Patrick Burner
22	MF	MAR	Yassine Benrahou
23	DF	FRA	Anthony Briançon (captain)
24	FW	MLI	Mahamadou Doucouré
28	FW	SEN	Moussa Koné
28	DF	SEN	Moustapha Mbow (on loan from Reims)
30	GK	FRA	Amjhad Nazih
32	MF	FRA	Léon Delpech
33	DF	FRA	Pierre Zaidan

Transfers

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
25	DF	Birger Meling	Rennes	€3M	20 July 2021	^[1]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2021 Friendly	Troyes	2–2	Nîmes	France
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2021 Friendly	Nîmes	1–0	Ajaccio	Mallemort, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade D'Honneur Mallemort

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	24 July 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	9th	38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	036.84
Coupe de France	13 November 2021	18 December 2021	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
Total					41	15	8	18	50	57	−7	036.59

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Caen	38	13	11	14	51	42	+9	50
8	Le Havre	38	13	11	14	38	41	−3	50
9	Nîmes	38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	49
10	Pau	38	14	7	17	41	49	−8	49
11	Dijon	38	13	8	17	48	53	−5	47

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	49	6	4	9	22	28	−6	8	3	8	22	23	−1

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	9	7	3	5	2	4	7	6	8	10	11	13	16	17	13	11	12	10	12	10	10	8	8	8	7	9	8	7	7	10	13	13	13	10	9	8	9	9

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[2]^[3]

24 July 2021 1	Bastia	1–1	Nîmes	Furiani
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diongue 51'	Report	Fomba 12'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

31 July 2021 2	Nîmes	2–1	Dijon	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 28' (pen.) Cubas 37' Martinez 45+1' Fomba 80'	Report	Traoré 26' Ngouyamsa 35' Coulibaly 45+1' Assalé 79'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

7 August 2021 3	Valenciennes	0–3	Nîmes	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuffaut 28' Yatabaré 70'	Report	Fomba 32' Ómarsson 45+1', 56' Benrahou 81' Eliasson 83'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

14 August 2021 4	Nîmes	0–0	Pau	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mathieu Vernice

21 August 2021 5	Dunkerque	0–2	Nîmes	Dunkerque
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouadah 47'	Report	Cubas 37' Burner 55' Benrahou 70' Eliasson 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

28 August 2021 6	Nîmes	0–0	Caen	Nîmes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ueda 11' Martinez 49'	Report	Abdi 10' Riou 28'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 3,296 Referee: Florent Batta

11 September 2021 7	Grenoble	2–1	Nîmes	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Monfray 48' Diallo 54' Néry 64' Henen 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Delpech 1' Burner 61' Aribi 65' Martinez 74' Koné 86'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Bastien Dechepy

18 September 2021 8	Nîmes	3–3	Amiens	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benrahou 16' Sainte-Luce 21' Delpech 66' Koné 75', 77' Fomba 90+1' Martinez 90+5'	Report	Xantippe 35' Bamba 44' Badji 60' Lomotey 72' Lahne 89' Arokodare 90+5'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Remi Landry

21 September 2021 9	Paris FC	2–0	Nîmes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Name 42' Kanté 60' Caddy 74'	Report	Guessoum 39'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

24 September 2021 10	Nîmes	0–1	Le Havre	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 45'	Report	Boutaïb 37' Thiaré 64' Gibaud 80'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Aurelien Petit

2 October 2021 11	Auxerre	2–2	Nîmes	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 18' Charbonnier 23', 48' Autret 40'	Report	Cubas 37' Koné 75', 90', 90+1' Sainte-Luce 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Romain Lissorgue

18 October 2021 12	Nîmes	0–2	Ajaccio	Nîmes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferhat 66' Guessoum 90'	Report	Courtet 12' Cimignani 31' Nouri 33' El Idrissy 40'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Guillaume Paradis

23 October 2021 13	Guingamp	3–1	Nîmes	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pierrot 5', 66' M'Changama 69' Livolant 81'	Report	Paquiez 70' Koné 75', 80' (pen.) Ómarsson 81' Sainte-Luce 86'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

30 October 2021 14	Nîmes	1–2	Niort	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eliasson 53' Guessoum 66' Paquiez 85'	Report	Mendes 13', 51' Zemzemi 25'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Olivier Thual

6 November 2021 15	Sochaux	0–1	Nîmes	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sainte-Luce 59' Benrahou 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Bastien Dechepy

20 November 2021 16	Nîmes	2–1	Quevilly-Rouen	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 13' Ómarsson 27' Ueda 52' Benrahou 54' Fomba 74' Paquiez 75'	Report	Nazon 16' Gbellé 65'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) 17	Rodez	1–0	Nîmes	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leborgne 14' (pen.), 55' Bardy 41'	Report	Guessoum 13' Delpech 84'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Guillaume Paradis

11 December 2021 18	Nîmes	2–1	Nancy	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ómarsson 27' Burner 38' Koné 44' Fomba 69' Martinez 88'	Report	Thiam 42' Ciss 43' Lefebvre 81' 82'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

21 December 2021 19	Nîmes	1–2	Toulouse	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 5' Eliasson 16' Cubas 75', 82' Martinez 78'	Report	Nicolaisen 3' Evitt-Healey 60' Onaiwu 83' Genreau 86'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Willy Delajod

8 January 2022 20	Dijon	1–2	Nîmes	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jacob 54' Philippoteaux 57' Ahlinvi 60' Ngouyamsa 64'	Report	Eliasson 5' Sainte-Luce 17' 45' Ponceau 30' Bråtveit 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Mathieu Vernice

28 January 2022 21	Nîmes	2–1	Valenciennes	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 11' (pen.) Ponceau 16' Fomba 42'	Report	Picouleau 5' Cuffaut 53' (pen.) Guillaume 62'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Romain Lissorgue

1 February 2022 22	Pau	0–3	Nîmes	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Poha 51'	Report	Sainte-Luce 18' Martinez 44' Koné 59' Benrahou 85' (pen.) Ómarsson 90+2'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Remi Landry

5 February 2022 23	Nîmes	0–1	Dunkerque	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delpech 28' Koné 48' Ómarsson 67' Sarr 81' Ponceau 90+1'	Report	Huysman 19' Tchokounté 53' Trichard 61' Rocheteau 73' I. Gomis 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

12 February 2022 24	Caen	4–0	Nîmes	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	da Costa 9' Mendy 19', 45+4' (pen.) Abdi 56' Traoré 81'	Report	Koné 24' Mbow 45+4'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Olivier Thual

19 February 2022 25	Nîmes	3–1	Grenoble	Nîmes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 37', 58' Eliasson 73' Ponceau 77' Valério 82' Paquiez 86'	Report	Jeno 15' 24' Correa 62'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

26 February 2022 26	Amiens	3–0	Nîmes	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Badji 32' Arokodare 68', 83' Xantippe 90' Gene 90+1'	Report	Burner 22' Valério 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Marc Bollengier

5 March 2022 27	Nîmes	1–1	Paris FC	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martinez 9' Eliasson 39' Ferhat 66'	Report	Boutaïb 24' Kanté 42'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mathieu Vernice

12 March 2022 28	Le Havre	0–1	Nîmes	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fomba 35' Benrahou 45+1' (pen.) Guessoum 75'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Pierre Legat

15 March 2022 29	Nîmes	1–2	Auxerre	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 20'	Report	Hein 9' Perrin 25' Sinayoko 42' Arcus 44' Sakhi 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

19 March 2022 30	Ajaccio	1–0	Nîmes	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laçi 48' Gonzalez 86'	Report	Benrahou 90+3'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Olivier Thual

2 April 2022 31	Nîmes	0–2	Guingamp	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbow 32'	Report	Livolant 48' Pierrot 86'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

9 April 2022 32	Niort	0–0	Nîmes	Niort
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendes 90+1'	Report	Cubas 45' Fomba 50'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Marc Bollengier

16 April 2022 33	Nîmes	1–3	Sochaux	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ponceau 4' Fomba 35' Koné 90+4'	Report	Thioune 39' Virginius 70' Kaabouni 73' Kitala 80' Ndour 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mikaël Lesage

19 April 2022 34	Quevilly-Rouen	0–1	Nîmes	Le Petit-Quevilly
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lejeune 49' Cissokho 90+1'	Report	Eliasson 9' Delpech 60' Fomba 67' Ueda 81' Koné 86'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Aurélien Petit

22 April 2022 35	Nîmes	3–2	Rodez	Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 18' Ómarsson 36', 90+3'	Report	Malanda 48' Danger 52' Célestine 55' Rajot 81'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Mathieu Vernice

30 April 2022 36	Nancy	1–3	Nîmes	Tomblaine
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	L. Cissé 61' (pen.) Haag 76'	Report	Sarr 16', 44' Koné 64', 90+2' Briançon 70'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

7 May 2022 37	Toulouse	2–1	Nîmes	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Spierings 27' Onaiwu 49' Genreau 78'	Report	Briançon 25' Fomba 31'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

14 May 2022 38	Nîmes	0–2	Bastia	Nîmes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eliasson 82'	Report	Le Cardinal 48' Zolotov 52' Santelli 65'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Coupe de France

13 November 2021 Seventh round	FC Chusclan-Laudun-l'Ardoise^[a]	0–3	Nîmes	Pont-Saint-Esprit^[5]
14:00 CET		Report	Koné 36' Ómarsson 54' Benrahou 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Clos Bon Aure Referee: Ahmed Taleb

27 November 2021 Eighth round	Aubagne FC	2–2 (3–4 p)	Nîmes	Aubagne
16:00 CET	Benarbia 13' Mendy 16'	Report	Ponceau 2' Benrahou 38'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Aurélien Petit

18 December 2021 Round of 64	Toulouse	4–1	Nîmes	Toulouse
13:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onaiwu 35', 45' Healey 70' Ratão 73'	Report	Doucouré 15'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Thomas Léonard

Notes

^ A technical challenge on the outcome of the sixth round game led to the game being ordered to be replayed on 7 November 2021, however the appeal commission overruled the decision, re-instating the original result.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Birger Meling est Rennais!" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.
^ "Football : match à rejouer pour Chusclan-Laudun, "notre rêve devient un cauchemar"" (in French). Midi Libre. 4 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Coupe de France. Le FC Chusclan-Laudun jouera bien contre Nîmes Olympique" (in French). footamateur.fr. 6 November 2021.

[6] A technical challenge on the outcome of the sixth round game led to the game being ordered to be replayed on 7 November 2021, however the appeal commission overruled the decision, re-instating the original result.^[4]^[5]

[1] "Birger Meling est Rennais!" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[2] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[3] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[Midi_Libre-4] "Football : match à rejouer pour Chusclan-Laudun, "notre rêve devient un cauchemar"" (in French). Midi Libre. 4 November 2021.

[chusclan-5] "Coupe de France. Le FC Chusclan-Laudun jouera bien contre Nîmes Olympique" (in French). footamateur.fr. 6 November 2021.

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